Blind faith makes us certain in everything except that we can be certainly wrong.

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Let there be light
Let there be light (Photo credit: Priyantha Bandara)
We can get confused about faith and certainty. Blind faith makes us believe that something is certain. No doubt about it. When what it really is .. is that we can be certainly wrong. The refusal to even reconsider what we believe can lead us to the extremes. Rather than reinforcing our belief, we seek to extend a tower higher up, not even looking at it's foundation.
Inspired by this NYT article
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